These are the avalanche stories we like to hear: A 100 foot-wide slab of snow broke loose on the Slide Mountain side of Mt. Rose in an out-of-bounds area. The search was called off at 2:20 PM after crews searched the area for several our they finally called off the search after deciding that it was unlikely that anyone was caught in the avalanche, according to a story in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
In all seven search and rescue personnel and four search and rescue dogs from Squaw Valley Ski Patrol and Washoe County Search and Rescue combed the site for about 3 hours by ski and snowshoe for any potential victims. . . .Regan said rescuers did not receive any type of transceiver signal coming from beneath the snow.
Would be nice if all avalanche stories ended like this.
[Link: Tahoe Daily Tribune]
